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Aikido
The martial art Aikido has been an important part of my life since I came out to San Francisco. It's part meditation, part exercise, and part safety-valve in a stress-filled world. Let's bow in and hit the mat.
Aikido from a book
Of course you can't learn Aikido from a book
Aikido: Dictionary
Terms you might want to know.
Aikido: Discovery
My history with Aikido.
Aikido: O'Sensei Morehei Ueshiba
Morehei Ueshiba - the founder of the martial art Aikido - is known as Great Teacher (O'Sensei) to aikidoka worldwide. His is an interesting story, with an unusual ending: codifying a martial art devoted to problem-resolution and harmony rather than victory at all costs.
Aikido: Photo Gallery
Aikido: 1998 May 29, 6th and 3rd kyu tests
In the morning of 29 May 1998 I took my digital camera along to the 6th and 3rd kyu tests given at the Skidrow Dojo. For better or worse I used the lowest resolution, which, when combined with the low level of light in the dojo, makes for some dissapointing results. Nonetheless, here they are, in thumbnail and full-sized images.
Aikido: 1998 May 29, 6th and 3rd kyu tests (page 2)
Aikido exam tests taken in San Francisco, in the Skidrow Dojo, on 29 May 1998.
dojos
San Francisco City Dojo
These photos have connections to my time at San Francisco's City Dojo, where I was taught by Robert Nadeau, Richard Moon, Frank Doran, Nick Scoggin, et alia.
osensei
Aikido: Hawai'i 11 April 1964
In April 1964 O'Sensei visited the Hawai'ian Islands. Here he is at the airport, at Dr. Watake's house, sitting on a canoe in the Royal Hawai'ian Hotel, and at the Shinonome Besso Tea House.
Aikido: Honolulu Aiki Dojo
O'Sensei attended the opening of the Honolulu Aiki Dojo.
Aikido: McKinley High School
O'Sensei was part of a demonstration of Aikido for the general public, which took place at the McKinley High School in Washington.
Aikido: Portraits of O'Sensei
Formal portrature and casual shots of O'Sensei.
stories
Skidrow Dojo
The Skidrow Dojo is now located in the Multimedia Gulch neighborhood in the South of MArket Street area of San Francisco. The original location was in a rather rough and seedy part of town, hence the nickname.
Skidrow Dojo: Inside
The inside of the Skidrow Dojo in words and pictures.
Ancient (Web) History
I was lucky enough to catch the wave as it started, in the early ninenties.
Digital Jungle (circa 1998)
EShop
In 1995 (and perhaps 1994) I ran an EShop that required the use of Digicash's ECash freeware funny money beta.
catalog-pages
EShop: Amateur (Ham) Radio Items
Ham Radio items.
EShop: CU-SeeMe Items
CU-SeeMe-related EShop items.
EShop: Technical Items
Technical EShop items.
files
dialing-script.txt
gateway-script.txt
install-mactcp-interslip
The People's Café Logo
The image that launched a thousand (transaction) slips.
EShop: The Shelves
This is where I used to 'sell' items for pennies to encourage folks to explore spending an anoymous digital cash.
EShop: Your ECash Purchase Failed
This is where I used to 'sell' items for pennies to encourage folks to explore spending an anoymous digital cash.
Other visual user experiences of this web site
I frequently play with how this site looks.
Rollovers
This was a look and feel with which I was playing. It never felt right, and I gave up on all the silly JavaScript required for rollovers and the pulldown. Too much effort for too little effect with too many browsers alienated.
bangstix
My history with firearms, both small and large (and larger).nbsp;
body
fitness
Burning Man
The annual Burning Man festival is held in the Black Rock Desert, north of Reno, Nevada. Think of an even mix of the wild, wild west and a huge piece of performance art. Text and a photo gallery.
misc
Burning Man - A Band of the Same Name
rangers
Black Rock Rangers - map
contact me
The many ways you can get in touch with Michael (Mickey) Sattler.
CU-SeeMe
The freeware CU-SeeMe videoconferencing system was the topic of my first book.
CU-SeeMe Site Map
Everything in my CU-SeeMe web pages.
faqs
CU-SeeMe and the Multicast backbone
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): The Multicast Backbone, the MBONE.
CU-SeeMe Introductory FAQ
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Introduction.
CU-SeeMe Reflector
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Reflector software.
CU-SeeMe Video
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Video.
Macintosh CU-SeeMe Audio
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Audio on Macintosh.
Networks and CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Networking.
Troubleshooting Macintosh CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Troubleshooting CU-SeeMe on Macintosh.
Troubleshooting Windows CU-SeeMe
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Troubleshooting on Windows.
Typical Macintosh CU-SeeMe configurations
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Typical Macintosh configurations.
Typical Windows CU-SeeMe configurations
CU-SeeMe Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): Typical Windows configurations.
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe was the first book that I wrote. Hopefully not the last. Now the full contents of the book appear on these pages.
appendixA
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Appendix A - Troubleshooting
appendixB
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Appendix B - Reflector Operator's Guide
appendixC
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Appendix C - Glossary
appendixD
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Appendix D - Bibliography
chapter01
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 1 - Introduction
chapter02
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 2 - Typical CU-SeeMe Usage
chapter03
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 3 - The Internet
chapter04
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 4 - Hardware
chapter05
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 5 - Software
chapter06
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 6 - CU-SeeMe User's Guide
chapter07
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 7 - Reflectors Around the World
chapter08
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 8 - History, Culture, and Usage
chapter09
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 9 - Other Videoconferencing Technologies
chapter10
Internet TV with CU-SeeMe: Chapter 10 - What The Future Holds In Store
misc
The first CU-SeeMe Space Shuttle broadcast
Thousands of people around the world, many of whom had never seen a shuttle launch, were able to view the STS-64 Space Shuttle Discovery mission thanks to CU-SeeMe.
What is ProShare?
A brief overview of ProShare, especially as compared to CU-SeeMe.
reflectors
Add My CU-SeeMe Reflector
A form you may use to have your reflector appear on my list.
makeNicknameLists
ini
nickname
perl
make_nicknames
text
CUSeeMe_Nicknames
Enhanced_CU-SeeMeTM_Nickna
nickname_source
Public CU-SeeMe Reflectors
Here's where you can get my list of public CU-SeeMe reflectors. Not updated for a while.
resources
CU-SeeMe Mailing Lists
Here's how to get in touch with the CU-SeeMe user community.
CU-SeeMe User's Guide
Here's how to get in touch with the CU-SeeMe user community.
Others' CU-SeeMe pages
CU-SeeMe web pages offered by others. This page was started in late 1994, long before there were search engines, before even there were too many pages.
culture
books
Bookshelf
Here's my virtual bookshelf. I hope you find what you want. If I'm missing something let me know.
clothing
When your birthday suit just won't do.
ChiPants
The most comfortable pair of un-pants I've ever had the pleasure to wear.
Gramicci
Mountaineering pants for everyday use.
kilts
Unbifurcated clothing rocks!
black-watch
A Black Watch kilt
My first traditional kilt (from Haggis County, Scotland)
A sporran from the Black Watch 73rd (Overseas) Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force
I was searching for a sporran that was slightly different.
Kilt Hall of Fame
Kilts being shown off in their best light.
sporran
When you wear a kilt you've got to have some place to put the things which usually go in pants pockets.
Utilikilt
The most comfortable un-pants I've had the pleasure to wear.
special
Khaki Utilikilt Workman's
The ultimate playa vesture.
Utilikilt care
It'll fade, it'll get worn, it'll get all used up. Accept it, and dealing with it becomes possible.
Utilikilt comments
What others have said to my face.
Utilikilt FAQ
With every new action comes new questions.
Utilikilt review
The most comfortable un-pants I've had the pleasure to wear.
vinegar as mordant
To fade or not to fade, that is the chemical reaction.
Computer Culture
There's lots more to computers than hardware and software. The people involved, and the culture that emerges from our interactions, are much more interesting.
Free Speech on the 'net
A 1993 conversation about the importance of applied freedom of speech. From a time when the net was wild and nobody knew what an URL is.
How to write useful bug reports
Suggestions on writing effective bug reports, from someone who worked in quality assurance, managed a QA lab, and who has deal with lots of software authors.
Managing mailing lists
If you don't keep the mailing list subscription verifications then you'll forget how to unsubscribe, and then you'll commit a real and all too common faux pas.
misc
Google logos
I've enjoyed the logos which the Google search engine places on their front page.
msft
Microsoft Switcher
My life as a Technomad
I'm pleased to be computing and portable, and I have been for years before most folks thought of unshackling themselves from their desktop computers. Here's the story.
ECIFFO
In the summertime of 1996 I was interviewed for a Japanese magazine by five reporters and two photographers because of my well-known penchant (fetish?) for portable computing.
ECIFFO - p. 1
ECIFFO - p. 2
ECIFFO - p. 3
ECIFFO - p. 4
ECIFFO - p. 5
ECIFFO - p. 6
ECIFFO - The Interview
Five reporters and two photographers and I filled up a section of The People's Café. Had you been walking by, on Haight Street, here's what you would have seen.
Rev. Mark Grant in Asia
The Rev. Mark Grant reports back to the Technomad mailing list when he's on the road. This is his report from Bangkok, Singapore, Taipei, and Hong Kong. I keep it because it reflects those early days when a net connection was a novelty when travelling.
Technomad dealings with sub-normals
It's not easy being a geek. There are too many people out there who have the authority to say no without any of the ability to say yes. Sigh. Here's another adventure from the edge of credulity.
The First Group-Wide Microship Project Meeting
The first group-wide Microship Project meeting happened on 2 March 1996. Here's the story in words and pictures.
The Microship Group Meeting Follow-Up
Steve was touched by the gathering. Here's his comments and some photos of magazine covers relating to Steve's adventures.
The Microship Group Meeting Invitation
Here's the invitation to the gathering; email sent out by Steve Roberts.
sirius
Adventures of an Internet Service Provider
Don Hurter, one of Sirus' founders, writes wonderfully about the trials and tribulations of running an Internet service provider.
28.8k modem update, Friday evening
Don provides a snapshot of the migration to 28.8 kbps modems. Frustration with getting early hardware. Warped circuit boards. Sportsters, Supras, Multitechs. ISDN will be more of the same.
Dealing with Pacific Bell
Don explains the situation with Pac Bell, the carrier of Sirius' main data circuits. A catalog of screw-ups, incompetence, simple mistakes, and general cluelessness. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Growing an Internet Service Provider
Don gives us an insider's eye view of the hard work involved in maintaining and growing an ISP. I got tired just reading the article
Loose ROMs, busy signals, no sleep, and recursive troubleshooting
Don's two weeks of trouble with a USR 16-port modem, 3 Portmasters cards, 9 Motorola and 48 Mutiltech modem cards, and one PacBell mishap...
Modem busy signals mystery solved (hopefully)
Don finds out Pac Bell's South of Market CO Northern Telecom DMS100 switch is drain-bamaged and will break down when needed most, namely when all the modems are in use!
Modem madness update
Don gives an accounting of the trials and tribulations arising from a "simple" upgrading of the modem pool.
The Cable Company Installation Blues
Don's best. An in-depth examination of the tomfoolery and short-sighted craftmanship used by some cable installers, related during a walk after a Brookline (MA) snowstorm.
Sirius Business
A March 1998 article - by Wendy Tanaka of the San Francisco Examiner staff - about Andreas Glocker, CEO of Sirius Connections.
Web Masters Spinning New Image / As sites soar, job duties have evolved
An article clipped from the San Francisco Chronicle, 13 February 1997.
Writing effective email
I encapsulate email/mailing list netiquette for the benefit of newbies at our ISP.
Deaf Culture and American Sign Language
The circumstances of my life and the meandering path I've taken has brought me into contact with a hidden culture, parallel to ours: the Deaf world.
Downs Syndrome & Sign Language
Reader comment: many with Downs Syndrome can sign up a storm.
elsewhere
Deaf Internet resources
Some of the Deaf resources on the Internet, ordered by access method. If you notice omissions or inaccuracies please let me know.
Deafness in Iceland
The root of all that is... at least as far as my web site is concerned.
Miscellaneous Deaf stuff
Bits and pieces about Deaf culture that didn't fit anywhere else.
items
Introduction to Deaf Culture and American Sign Language
The rationale for these web pages, my motivation in creating them, and my qualifications for pontificating.
misc
The Cowboy Poem
A must-read if you've never seen Sign language. This email has all the glosses (signs) for a poem entitled Cowboy. Amazing and fun to read.
topics
Deaf Glossary
An alphabetic listing of the terms used in discussions of the Deaf, their meanings, and their cultural context.
Noam Chomsky and Deafness
Excerpts about Deaf culture taken from The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language.
film
Hand to Hand: The Art of Combat
In 2007-2008 we filmed another Hapkido martial arts movie.
humor
Bastard Operator From Hell
Simon Travaglia, of the University of Waikato, Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand (no, really) is the creator of an evil character known as the Bastard Operator From Hell. If you've ever been a systems operator then Simon's work will have you rolling on the floor.
Fit the Eighteenth: Bastard System Manager from Hell #2
Fit the Eighth: The Bastard Operator From Hell #5
Fit the Eleventh: The Bastard Operator From Hell #8
Fit the Fifteenth: Bastard Operator from Hell #12
Fit the Fifth: The Bastard Operator From Hell #2
Fit the First: (Genesis) Striped Irregular Bucket #1
Fit the Fourteenth: Bastard Operator from Hell #11
Fit the Fourth: The Bastard Operator From Hell #1
Fit the Nineteenth: Bastard Operator from Hell #14
Fit the Ninth: The Bastard Operator From Hell #6
Fit the Second: (Birth) Striped Irregular Bucket #5
Fit the Seventeenth: Bastard System Manager from Hell #1
Fit the Seventh: The Bastard Operator From Hell #4
Fit the Sixteenth: Bastard Operator from Hell #13
Fit the Sixth: The Bastard Operator From Hell #3
Fit the Tenth: The Bastard Operator From Hell #7
Fit the Third: (Still birthing) Bored #3
Fit the Thirteenth: Bastard Operator from Hell #10
Fit the Twelfth: Bastard Operator from Hell #9
Fit the Twentieth: Bastard Operator from Hell #15
Fit the Twenty-fifth: Last Bastard Operator, vignette #3
Fit the Twenty-first: Bastard Operator from Britain #1
Fit the Twenty-fourth: Last Bastard Operator, vignette #2
Fit the Twenty-second: Bastard Operator from Britain #2
Fit the Twenty-sixth: Last Bastard Operator, vignette #4
Fit the Twenty-third: Last Bastard Operator, vignette #1
Simon's Bastard Afterword
Simon's Bastard Introduction
Whew! What can I say about the 'Bastard Operator From Hell' that the title itself doesn't convey? If you are a system/network administrator, or you know one, or you use a computer, you owe it to your self to read the unexpurgated tales of the other side of the network.
Simon's Bastard Operator From Hell FAQ
Simon's Bastard Pre-history
Humor
In a world where we spend much of our time making fun at our employers, co-workers, clients, and politicians, it's nice to take a break and poke fun at ourselves. This page contains jabs, jibes, japes, slashes, and barbs at our noble profession and hobby: the silicon-chasing geek.
Geekish
101 ways to abuse USENET
I laughed so hard that I teared up. Of course you and I have never done any of these posting faux pas, but you'll recognise others.
30 Signs That Technology Has Taken Over Your Life
How to tell if you're a geek. Oh, like the fact that you're reading these pages doesn't already tell you the ugly truth.
Absence makes the hard drive fonder
The Geek Squad meets the cast and crew of Gilligan's Island.
Alice's USENET Flame
Not to be missed! A parody of Arlo Guthrie's well-known song.
Bloatzilla
This was the second April Fool's Day joke that I wrote and posted to USENET. Netscape to license Microsoft Word 6 for inclusion in Navigator 3.5?
CU-SeeMe Lite (humor)
Of course you can run Cornell's CU-SeeMe over a 300 baud acoustic coupler, if you've got CU-SeeMe Lite.
Digital Beer
A refreshing snack of the future.
Douglas Adams on Windows 95
Douglas Adams - the author of the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - expresses his opinions about Windows 95.
Flame Form
A handy Flame Form for putting your e-enemies in their place.
Honors Rhapsody
A geek parody of the late Freddie Mercury's song Bohemian Rhapsody entitled Honors Rhapsody.
How to Deal With A Terribly Dissapointing Computer Dealer
If the car companies had a technical support help line...
Hunting Elephants
How different techno-castes would hunt elephants. Pre-Dilbert, but in the same vein. On the money, though.
If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek: The Next Generation
Can you just imagine the result if Dr Seuss wrote a Star Trek episode?
La Boite Bleue
Translated from the memoirs of Jean Turing-VonNeuman (a minor 19th century post-impressionist programmer).
Lance Detweiler & The Theory of Nymity
Sad humor. How our technical world can wear away at some of us.
Monty Python Dead Server Sketch
Life on the Internet (and being an Internet service provider) seems often like a role in a very bad comedy sketch. With that in mind, please enjoy the Monty Python 'Dead Server Sketch'.
My, my... Lookee what's up *there*...
Serious flamage by an pro. Be sure and wear your asbestos underwear before venturing too far out on the USENET raft.
Philip Zimmermann Travel Agency
This April Fool's Day contribution of mine caught many otherwise clueful folks.
PlayStation Legal Page
Taken from Sony's web site, this is a great legal disclaimer with an attitude.
pshift(1) man page - paradigm shift
The UNIX man(ual) page format has been so used for humor by geeks that there's probably enough material for a book. This is how to invoke a paradigm shift via the command line.
Sendmail for matter transport
What might happen if sendmail was used to control matter transporters.
Sing The $cientology Blues
Enjoy a parody of the Church of $cientology's attempts to convert salvation into legal tender: I am the very model of a modern legal criminal. Apologies to the 'Pirates of Penzance'.
Spam Haiku
There's some seriously strange karma between geeks and that bizarre meat meal-in-a-tin Spam. Here's a collection of Spam-inspired Haiku. Funny but wierd.
The Karma of Inappropriate Posting
Some day I hope that those who excessively cross-post get theirs. Here's one possibility.
The Parable of the Two Programmers
The difference between a Real Programmer (tm) and someone who follows management guidlines.
The Pilot Who Ate Bugs
(True!) Check out the trail left by this email as it wound its way from Bosnia towards us.
The Radioactive Boy Scout
The true story of the radioactive-centric adventures of a very misguided youth. Should be a Darwin Award runner-up...
The ultimate Usenet complaint
Lusers. What happens when lusers run full force into reality.
Theological computing - God as programmer
There are some profoundly disturbing questions that suddenly make sense if God is a programmer.
To post or not to post
A rather good adaptation of William Shakespeare to an ugly USENET moment.
Trinidad Database Woes
You think your days are difficult? Imagine you've placed the combination to your country's armory into a database and then forgotten the password? This really happened in Trinidad.
UNIX and Lesbian Love
What does UNIX have to do with finding lesbian love?
What the C and Bourne shells have to teach us
It's in there. Really.
You know you live in San Francisco...
A bit of topical humor. How we realize that we're no longer from the East Coast but rather we've become honorary natives of San Francisco.
You may be an engineer if...
There's no doubt left, you are a geek. Take this test and be sure.
Non-geekish
Airline Blues
Did you ever wonder what life looks like to the person who takes your airline reservations over the phone?
Buzzword Compliant: what the high-tech marketing spiel really means
Ever wonder what all the marketing buzzwords really mean?
Californians
A Californian view of the current energy crisis and the blackouts rolling across our state this springtime (2001).
Corporate Santa - Droppings
The certain result of efficiency at Santa's Workshop.
Dark Bicycle Fantasy, with Tanks
A Bicyclist's dark fantasy (inspired by the silly state of legislation).
Dead Frozen Chickens and Airplane Windshields
There can't possibly be any connection between Dead Frozen Chickens and Airplane Windshields, right? Wrong.
Heavy Boots
Did you ever wonder if perhaps moon-walking astronauts didn't float away because they wore heavy boots?
High Flight (John Gillespie Magee, Jr.) with FAA Supplement
How Godzilla Got His Name
If you've ever wondered how Godzilla got his name, wonder no more. Here's the true story from the responsible party.
Irresistable Forces meet the US Navy
There is a power greater than might, but it's not at all obvious.
Need Help With Creationism
A delightful definition of creationism (chortle).
Quotations Gallery
From time to time I come across a nugget of expression. Sometimes it's in a .signature, or from the Quote of the Day mailing list. They're keepers. Here's where I keep them.
The best excuses if you get caught sleeping in your office or cubicle
You know you've been there. Heck, I brought a sleeping bag to the office back in 1987 or so, but that's not what the author thought.
The Seeing-Eye Chihuahua
The brave and stupid joke about a seeing-eye chihuahua.
those responsible have been sacked
One of the most succint responsible email message I've rec'd from the corporate culture.
Upstate New York
You know you're from upstate New York when...
Vote Early, Vote Often
A memo about vote-fraud that was given to me by an artist friend while we were both sitting in a San Francisco café.
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Famous philosophers, scientists, phychologists, authors, and actors weigh in on the big question.
Privacy-related